Comments on: California Natural Dry Cat Food

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 03:18:09 +0000

I am so sad. I had used California Natural when it was owned by the old company and my cats loved me for it. Now I have new cats so went looking to buy it and was told a new company, Procter & Gamble, had bought it (it took me 1 1/2 yrs to find it again). When I finally found it the guy even cautioned against feeding the brand to my new cats because of the companies new ownership. I wanted my cats to be happy and healthy so I bought it. That was about 2 months ago. My male cat has begun to have problems, I took him in today and had to put him down. It broke my heart. He was going on 7 yrs and was a big beautiful long hair, my friend. I have always been willing to pay the highest prices for the best food because I can’t afford $600 to $2000 for cat hospital care. WARNING: The first thing I noticed when I bought this food was that it is now lined inside with an aluminum or tin lining, or something like that; this is bad too. I believe my cat got his UTI from this food, just as others do. Again, even the employee at the store I bought it at looked at me as if in a horror story. Like, I wouldn’t if I were you. Sadly, I went on my past experience from when it was owned by another company. It breaks my heart. Don’t buy California Natural.

By: S Brace

S Brace — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 04:28:58 +0000

Greetings,

I think all should know that proctor&gamble bought out Natura Pet Products Co, manufacturer of CA. Natural, Evo, Innova, Healthwise, etc, in 2010.

I would urge all do their homework as to what happened with their purchase of Iams & Eukanuba. A good article on dogfoodscoop.com.

I can no longer trust the quality, and have elected not to purchase anymore.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 14:13:50 +0000

Crystals in the urine are caused by too much magnesium in your cat’s diet whether it’s in canned or dry food. Vets state that you should find a food that has less then 12% magnesium in their food.

By: Nikki

Nikki — Sat, 15 May 2010 17:11:18 +0000

The exact same thing happened to my female persian after switching to California Natural. She developed a severe UTI after eating this food.

By: Peg

Peg — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 03:27:11 +0000

Jennifer, I wonder if the crystals in her urine are because of a dry food only diet? Do you also serve moist food? My vet many years ago told me that cats on a dry food only diet are much more likely to have crystals in their urine and advised that I also give my cat moist food each day (and moist food is another way for them to get more water in their diet too). So, maybe the food brand has nothing to do with it. I feed my 7 lb. cat 1/3 cup of dry food and 3 oz. moist cat food each day (1/2 can in AM and 1/2 can in PM)–vet recommended. Ask your vet what he/she thinks and good luck!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 15:41:05 +0000

I began feeding California Natural to my cats after moving to Canada and being unable to find the Science Diet that my cats had grown up with.

I chose California Natural because of the single primary protein source and short list of ingredients, none of which are corn.
After being on holiday for a few months, the cat sitter took one ten- year-old female spayed DSH to the vet for blood in the urine. The technician at the vet hospital said that the struvite crystals in her urine was directly caused from the diet.

I was loath to buy that story, but I had no experience with the diet. Has anyone ever heard of such a thing?

The cats are now on Royal Canin SO and I do not like the ingredient list for my cats.